SoftBank poaches Japan Post Bank's investment chief for its board

SoftBank Group said Katsunori Sago, currently Japan Post Bank Co's chief investment officer, would join its board - an appointment that comes as it transforms itself into one of the world's largest technology investors.

To see the impact of record-breaking temperatures around the world, watch wheat. Found in everything from bread to noodles, biscuits to cereals, beer to cakes -- there is no more widely grown staple crop and more than 170 million metric tons trade every year. So when the weather ruins harvests in one spot, it can shock markets and economies that are thousands of miles away.